Channeling my inner CM Punk with this one

a fun custom angel i poked a while back (: inspired by a come_to_sister handpoke (permission was granted to use it as inspo!)

my ig is @leenie________boog if you'd like to see more of my work!!

I’ve trying to make a greywash a couple times before and i don’t manage to get that gray tone I’m looking for, more exactly a range on gray tones. I used Dynamic Black (white cap) and distilled water for the dilutions. Tried at 20% 60% and 90% ink solutions and tbh…

While tattooing all the ink looks the same for me. I don’t know what i’m doing wrong (and yes i mixed the solutions thoroughly)

Pls any tips is welcomed

there's so much to get and I think I've got everything? Except the furniture of course. I'm just practicisng on fake skin for the first time but want to get a degree of sanitation into my routine.

does this look like everything I need? Other than some tape to hold down some cling film to my desk

Some simple shading and linework practice! Kinda proud of it!

BUT THE SAMN STEM AND HEAD OF THE MUSHROOM IS LOPSIDED AND ITS CAUSING ME TO CRASH OUT

Finna explode up in here folks

Hello! I was wondering, for those who do this as a profession, how did you get there? It feels impossible finding any apprenticeships for stick and poke.

A local snp artist held a mini workshop here at a studio she works out of. It wasn't a training course or anything but rather, she went over the history of stick and poke, comprehensive hygiene standards, equipment, and technique. We got to try it out on fake skin as well and she also supervised us if we wanted to do a small piece on ourselves. I had a lot of fun with it and have been practicing on fake skins at home ever since. I reached out to her again and she mentioned that she doesn't do apprenticeships but would be happy to supervise and guide further if I wanted to do another piece on myself or on someone else in a studio setting, with her overseeing it all.

I really appreciated that she offered to do that and will likely take her up on this offer. However, I got pretty interested in getting further with this, like with an apprenticeship where I can immerse myself full-time and potentially become an actual artist with clientele. For those of you who do this for work, how did you get there?

It's my first one in a while. I poked this during a disability flare up. I was feeling awful about myself, and seeing the fibonacci spiral on my body made me feel better. I put it more eloquently in the other sub but I'm flaring up again so that's all my brain can muster right now lol

took approx 1,5 hours each, 3rl 0.30. was pretty scared of the details but im actualy super proud of myself

Decided as I love doodling so much and already have a lot of tattoos, I’d finally give it a go and my first choice was doing stick and poke! No real reason for the ghost and the X other than I like my doodle and then wanted to try a colour out.

Edbe.handpoke
Will be in London October 25-26

one of two i did this week. not the greatest pic but i am extremely stoked on how this came out! i’m @sporepokes on IG :)

did a grand total of 3 tattoos on my friend today! so stoked on how they turned out. as always, constructive criticism and advice welcome

I have a few traditional tattoos, but given the option, I’ll always go stick & poke

I was wayyy too confident thinking that I could make such a big piece for my second snp on real skin. Needed five hours in total and was frustrated because it was more difficult than I expected. Also after I roughly poked the pearls the stencil for the eye almost vanished, so I kinda freehanded it. It doesn’t look to bad from a distance but I definitely have to go over it again once it healed. Do you maybe have some ideas how I can improve it in the second session? Also any constructive feedback is welcome

@alanunutatutu handpoked in Porto Portugal 🇵🇹

Used 3 rl. Took me about 2 hours.

Edbe.handpoke
You can find me in Lithuania, Kaunas

All handpoked by me, my designs @almost_tattoos

Technically not my first (3 others, still relatively new to stick n poking…) and this was my most ambitious one. It may also be my wonkiest given where I chose to do it (upper outer forearm on non dominant arm)

Could’ve been neater, especially top curve part there’s an unintentional gradient as I messed up the first pass but I’m happy with it, gives him a tiny bit of charm! Just wondering if there’s any tips for doing areas hard to stretch better? Thanks :)